Professor Larry Cahill (Neurobiology and Behavior) is a distinguished neuroscientist whose research centers on understanding sex influences on nervous system function. Professor Cahill was selected to serve as guest editor on a first-of-its-kind themed publication...
Teaching the Principles of Neurobiology
Dec 20, 2016
Assistant Teaching Professor Andrea C. Nicholas (Neurobiology and Behavior) is the author of a new series of online learning tutorials published by Garland. Professor Nicholas’ tutorials will accompany a new textbook titled “Principles of Neurobiology,” by Stanford...
Rose Hill Scholars: Recognizing Student Achievement
Dec 20, 2016
Five students from the Biological Sciences School were named Rose Hills Foundation Undergraduate Science & Engineering Scholars for the 2016-2017 school year. We would like to congratulate Mercado Mayalen, Cassidy Nguyen, Anais Panossian, Ava Pournejad, and Devan...
Preparing The Next Generation of Educators
Dec 20, 2016
Graduate students Emily Abbott and Kerianne Wilson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Dail Chapman and Heather Karner (Developmental and Cell Biology), and Matthew Mahavongtrakul and Julia Overman (Neurobiology and Behavior), have been selected as Pedagogical Fellows...
Donuts with the Dean, Fall 2016
Dec 20, 2016
At this year’s freshman welcome, Dean Frank M. LaFerla invited incoming students to join their peers at the fall quarter “Donuts with the Dean” event in the foyer of the Office of the Dean in Natural Sciences II. Many of the incoming students accepted his offer and...
Alumni in the News – Charles C. Greene, M.D., Ph.D.
Dec 20, 2016
Charles C. Greene M.D. Ph.D., has been recognized as a 2016 Health Care Hero by the Jacksonville Business Journal. Dr. Greene obtained a B.S. from the School of Biological Sciences in 1984 before pursuing a career as an Otolaryngology head and neck surgeon. Dr....
Are You Drinking Too Much Caffeine?
Dec 20, 2016
Professor Michael Yassa (Neurobiology and Behavior) is the director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and an expert in the biology of the brain. Professor Yassa has recently commented on the effects of caffeine on the brain in a feature on the...
Jelly-like Pods Wash Up on Local Beach
Dec 20, 2016
In late November, visitors to the shores of Huntington Beach were greeted by strange-looking jelly-like pods that had recently washed ashore. Intrigued by the pods, people began to speculate on their origin, including Professor Matthew Bracken (Ecology and...
New Insights into the Evolutionary Process
Dec 20, 2016
The native Hawaiian flora has the highest frequency of unique species anywhere in the world, but little is known about their interactions with other species, including potential pollinators of native plants. In a study led by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology...
Minority Science Programs Students Recognized for Outstanding Research
Dec 13, 2016
Sixteen students participating in research training with the Biological Sciences School Minority Science Programs (MSP) received awards for their research presentations at this year’s Annual Biomedical Research...